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LEWISTON INTER-STATESuccessor to The Lewiston Teller-—Twice-a-WeekLewiston Teller, Established 187«LEWISTON, IDAHO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1905Inter-state News, Vil. 1i N*.DISASTROUS FIRE.flames Wipe Out a BuaijMaeJBIecb in |Clark sten.—Loos, $10,000.X disastrous Ore visited Clarkston |Wednesday monsing about 3 o'clock Iend wiped out about a block of busi- !nesa establishments. The fire was discovered In Press & Clark's meat marjet and spread rapidly to adjoiningbuildings. The water had been shutoff the day before for the purpose ofmaking repairs on the ditch and theonly means of fighting the fire was withbuckets and two chemical engineswhich were purchased by the city sometime ago. These engines worked admirably and assisted by the bucket brigade, brought thi flames under controlafter severe leases had been sustained.The absence of water was a seriousdrawback to subduing the fire and butfor the chemical engines it is believedthe entire business portion of the citywould have been destroyed. The factthat scarcely any wind was blowingwas a point which aided materially inpreventing the flames from crossingthe street and burning over a largerarea. The fire was finally brought under control nnd confined to the Parks'lumber yard, where It was subduedafter several hours of heroic fighting.The origin of the fire is unknown butit is supposed to have started in therear room of the meat market wheresome lard and grease was stored. Thetotal loss is estimated at *10,00. Following are the names of those who suffered by the Conflagration:C. M. Evans, building and contents;fully insured.D. B. Parks, office build'ng and lumber; loss $1,Î00; Insurance *1,000.E. S. Brown, saloon building, loss*800; no Insurance.Clay estate, building, *800; no insurance.John Fisher, building *1200: insurance *601}.O. O. Carroll, confectionery, *6r>0;no insurance.Leroy Jennings. *250; no insurance, i!!J. H. Reed, saloon. *1.000: no insur- jance. !Press & Clark, meat market. *1000. jinsurance *300.It is understood that the majority ofthe buildings destroyed will soon bereplaced by new ones of a more substantial character.SC1ENCE VS. YELLOW JACK.New Orleans Authorities Using EveryEndeavor Aga inat the Disease.New Orleans, Aug. 1.-—Today witnessed an increase in the number ofdeaths from yellow fever, a fact notunexpected, in view of the high temperature which has prevailed the pasttwo days. There was. however, theusual large preponderance of Italiannames in the list of new cases anddeaths. It is still possible to force allthe new cases appearing to the original foci.In the meantime the health authorities and citizens are making arrangements to give the results of their observations of the foci outside the original district.In from 17 to 20 days it will becomeevident whether or not there is to bea spread from any of the outlying foci,and the health authorities will be thebeginning of next week Include in thedally tables, besides the appearance ofnew foci from which there has been nosecondary infection. On the results ofthese observations, they will he able todetermine whether they can contractthe disease and ultimately subdue it.The war against stegomyla still continues and oiling gutters and cisternsgoes on with great energy and persistence.Fire Destroys a Separator.Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock theseparator belonging to Edwards ACarpenter, of Webb ridge, blew up andwas destroyed by fire. The explosionwas due to smut. The machine wasworking on the F. W. Kettenbach placeabout three miles south of town whenthe accident occurred. The explosioncame without warning, blowing off thetop of the machine and scattering Arein all directions. Only a small portionof the setting had been threshed andthe flames spread rapidly to the stack. Itwaa soon evident that the Are was beyond control and an effort was made bythe crew to save the machinery. Theseparator was enveloped in the flames,which precluded any attempt to saveit and the engine was coupled onto thederrick , which waa hauled away to asafe distance and saved with slightdamages. The stack, which contained"bout 125 sacks of unthreshed grain,waa totally deetroyed and some of thenain in the sack was damaged slightly.The separator was a total loss as noInsurance was carried on the machine.However, the Messrs. Edwards and•hrpentsr were not daunted by the reverse and came to town and orderedanother outfit which it is expected willh* here today, thus enabling them toeo »*leto their threshing contracts forthla season with but Htt«- delay.532ABSTRACT SHEET.Reported by the Commercial Trust Ce,Au«. 2, 1905.i— Deeds.Anna M. Hayes et al to Stephen A.Coppinger, lot 16. block 29, City ofLewiston ; consideration, *10,000.Otis S. Monroe to E. è. Snider, lots5 and 6, block 1. Riverside Add. to theCity of Lewiston; consideration, *500.Silas Johnson et ux to "Wesley C.Lehman, lots 1, 2. 3 and SE 1-4 of NE1-4 Sec. 11-33-3 E; consideration *6300.Fix. Sharner and Wright, to WilliamF. Kettenbach, lot 1. block 20, City ofLewiston; consideration *16.001.Charles J. Smith et ux to ThomasMcGrane, SE 1-4 of NE 1-4 Sec. 1332-3 W.; consideration *250.Collett L. Harris to O. W. Crocker,lots R and 9. block 1. Campbell's Add.to City of Lewiston; consideration.* 2000 .Salvador Maranda to Mary S. Maranda. lot 6. block 15, Mrs. S. C.Thompson's Second Add to City ofLewiston; consideration, love and affection.T. M. Kellogg et ux to H. W. George.W 1-2 of SW 1-4 Sec. 2; E 1-2 of SE1-4; NW 1-4 of SE 1-4; NE 1-4 of SW1-4 Sec. 3-33-5 W; consideration. ÎR400.Ella M. Conley et mar to AndrewThunborg. lots 24. 25. 36. 27. 28. block4. Clearwater Add. to City of T-ewiston:consideration *1275.Patents.If. S. to Maurice F. Becker. S 1-2 of! SE 1-4; SE 1-4 of SW 1-4 Sec. 23:! NE 1-4 of NE 1-4 Sec. 26-30-4 E.Final Receipts.TT. S. to Charles J. Smith, SE 1-4 ofNE 1-4 Sec. 13-32-3 W.TT. S. to Silas Johnson, lots 1. 2. 3.SE 1-4 of NE 1-4 Sec. 11-33-2 E.Aug. 3—Deeds.G. W. Crocker et ux to A. K. Blddison, lots 8 and 9 and 10 feet of lot 7. allin block 1. Campbell's addition to theCity of Lewiston: consideration *1550.John R. Wadsworth et ux to E. Cj Snirlpr lo ts 3 nnd 4 WO ck 17 . R iver- j! view addttlon to the City of Lewiston: jj consideration *250. jPrince E. Stookev. probate judge, to |R, Stevens, lot 8. block 28, lot 1. block13. lot 9, block 26. Town of Nezperce;i-onsiderntion *6.60.Patents.IT. 8 . to Richard F. Smith, lots 3, 4.5 and 6. and SAV 1-4 of NW 1-4 See.5-40-4 E.IT. S. to Charles A. Niles. E 1-2 of!NW 1-4: E 1-2 of SW 1-4 Sec. 27-41-j3 E. !Warranty Deed.Z. A. Johnson et ux to the Nezperee |Water Power Co.. SE 1-4 of Sec. 14-352 E.: consideration *40.000.00.SUGAR BEETS IN PANHANDLEBig Crop in the Corbin Fields YieldEight Tons to Acre.ILovell. Idaho. Aug. 2.—The largeforce of laborers employed by D. C.Corbin In his beet fields adjacent tothis place has finished the work ofweeding and cultivating and the cropis "laid by" for the present season.Mr. Corbin has isnn acres in beets onlands leased from the Coeur d'AleneIndians. In the work of preparing theground employment was given to 40white men and SO horses. The laborof weeding, thinning, sparing and topping the beets was done hy Japanese,, asthey are peculiarly fitted to that kindof work and are not adapted to thehandling of horses. An average of 150Japs has been constantly employedsince the work of cultivation began.These laborers all worked hy contractat a certa'n price per acre and madegood wages, ns they often worked 14hours per day. and at times. evenlonger.In the earlier part of the growingseason the weather was very favorableas there was an abundant rainfall, andthe present Indications are for a heavyyield. A conservative estimate of theproduction is about eight tons per acre,or nearlv 15.000 tons for the entire tractIn cultivation.Band Concert Saturday Evening.The following program will he rendered hy the band tomorrow evening atthe corner of Main and Fécond streets;March.Overture. "Enchantress." r. W. Daiby.Walts. "Italian Nights." Tobani.Trombone solo, "Rocked In the Cradle of the Deep." by Frank Haner."The Royal Circle" (Malang*). Dolby.March, selected.At the close of the street concert theband will proceed to the Schleicherpark, where dancing will be engaged inthe remainder of the evening.J. R. SCOTT. Director.Charles Frazer expect* to open up inClarkston with a fine line of ladle* andgents* furnishing goods about the firstof the month In the building Ju*t vacated bv the Clarkston Drug StoreTEMPEST IN ft TEAPOTOVER GARBLED DISPATCHMr. Johnson's Opponents and Mr. Stillinger'sFriends Misled by Lewiston Press Reportof Attorney Ruick's Interview.A tempest in a teapot has beenstirred up over the appointment ofMiles S. Johnson as assistant U. 8.Attorney for the northern district ofIdaho and some very interesting developments have been made in the pastfew days with rumors of more to follow as the days go by. An informalmeeting of the resident members of thecounty central committee was calledMonday night and a protest draw-n upwhich it is said was forwarded to theAttorney General at Washington. ItIs ulso alleged that Register J. B. Westof the Lewiston land office took a flyingtrip to Wallace to lodge a protest withSenator Heyburn. though this is denied by both parties.Moscow friends of Attorney Stillinger, who first received the appointmentand later had his name withdrawn atthe Instance of U. S. Attorney Rulckhave rushed into print in an attaçk upon Mr. Rulck. In making this attackthey use as the basis of their criticisma garbled press dispatch which misquotes Mr. Ruick and gives to his interview an entire different meaningthan was expressed in the same dispatch printed in the Roise papers wherethe interview was had. Mr. Rulck'sfriends in the city are very Indignantover what seems to have been a premeditated attempt to discredit him inorder to create public sentiment againsthls OITlr ' lal n, ' tlona -Th « Garbled Paragraph.The Boise Statesman under the dateof July 31 gives the identical interview.sent out by the Associated Press dispatch except in the opening words ofthe paragraph referred to by Mr.Ruick's Moscow assailants. The paragraph as printed in the Statesmanreads as follows:"Until the meeting of the grand juryin this city recently, I. of course, didnot consider there was any evidenceconnecting cither Mr. Kester or Mr.Kettenhach with the alleged landfrauds In the north. Rut since boththese men. who lend the faction thathas opposed the appointment of Mr.Johnson, have been indicted hy thegrand Jury, their objections are robbed of much of their weight, ns it Isnecessary to secure a man to assist theCnited States attorney in the northwho would not hamper the government hy any especially friendliness toward the men who are to he tried."The Associated Press dispatch of thesame interview 'dentlcal in every otherword except as to this paragraph published in the Lewiston paper, reads asfollows:"In the matter of the grand jury inthie city recently. I of course did notconsider there was any evidence connecting either Mr. Kester or Mr. Kettenhach with the alleged land fraudsin the north: hut since both these menwho lead the faction that has opposedthe appointment of Mr. Johnson havebeen indicted hy the grand jury, theirobjections are robbed of most of theirweight as it Is necessary to secure aman to assist the TTnited States attorney In the north who would not hamper the government hy any specialfriendliness toward the men who areI to he tried."Senator Hayburn'a Position.Concerning the visit of Mr. West to JWallace the Wallace Pres* of WednesR ^ l8ter *r_ We 'l 0 V h< ,8nd !office at Lewiston was In Wallace yesterday between trains and held a conference with Senator Heyburn. Hewas said to be here on private business. but It Is rumored that he wasalso here to protest to the senator onthe appointment of Miles 8. Johnson asassistant United States district attorney for Idaho.The appoinment of Mr. Johnson has!stirred up considerable contention inLewiston. He is the arch political enemy of the men who have been indict- |ed by the grand Jury for connection !with the land frauds and it has been jalleged that he mas appointed to proaecute them and draw attention to themso that other violators of the law In 1Idaho might escape.Lewiston Member* Chosen.Swain Beatty, of Caldwell, who hasbeen selected as leader of the stateband to be sent to the Lewis and Clarkexposition on Idaho day. has chosenJ. B. Pollard and H. Tilley, of this cityas members of the band from Lewiston.A letter to this effect was received afew days ago by Messrs. Pollard andILast Thursday night a meeting of thecommitteemen of the Republican partywas held in Lewiston and the appointment of Mr. Johnson was scored.A dispatch to Spokane telling of themeeting says it was the intention of themembers to take the matter to thepresident and if possible implicate Senator Heyburn, whom It is claimed, is astockholder in the Commercial Trustcompany, which is said to have lots oftimber in Northern Idaho and thatJohnson is the attorney for this company and hls appointment was madethrough the influence of Senator Heyburn to protect hls interests. The dispatch also said that an effort wouldbe made to prove that Senator Heyburn was trying to Injure the Lewiston National bank, whose officials havebeen indicted.Senator Heyburn was seen and declared that If the visit of Mr. West wasfor that purpose he did not know it.The senator also characterized thestory printed In Spokane about thecontest and the charges against himas child's play, but said he preferrednot to go into print about. the matter.Later, however, he said that hischoice for the position was not namedand that Mr. Johnson was namedthrough the influence of United StatesAttorney Rulck. The senator declaredthat Mr. Ruick had asked him whathe thought of Johnson and he had replied that as the man was to assistRuick. anyone satisfactory to Ruickwould be all right. Senator Heyburnsaid that in such matters where theappointment had to lie practically aconfidential clerk he did not wish toInterfere.Whatever the real facts are In thecase, it is certain that there is a factional tight on in the republican ranksIn this slate of large proportions, andthnt Senator Heyburn is having thehardest Job of his life in half-waysatisfying hls constituency.There Is further rumor that Chairman Stearns has heen importuned toI:IIman Stearns has heen importuned tocall the central committee together anddraft a formnl protest in behalf of the |county organization whose recommendation has heen totally ignored. Mr.Stearns reached the city lilts morning |tmt has nothing to say concerning the !pending meeting lint such development ;Is more than probable. Meanwhile Mr. IJohnson, safe behind a commission dl- !rect from the\\ttorney General of theUnited Stntes, having duly qualified,sits complacently in hls office andawaits developments, believing that nocharges ran he lodged against him thntwill tic sufficient to oust him fromoffice.No Foar of Persecution.U. S. Attorney Rulck. interviewed bythe Boise Capital News relative to theappointment, said:"The need of an assistant was apparent when I first went into office, nndI made the application at the time. Iwas informed that there was no appropriation then for the payment of anassistant, and the matter had to he deferred until the beginning of the present fiscal year."Mr. Johnson made an excellent record ss prosecuting nttorney of NezPerce county during the four yearsJ that hP fll j ed that potion, and I haveno doubt hP prave a very valuable! assistant. Hi* appointment will haveno hearing on the prosecution of theland fraud case*, and no one who hasbeen Indicted on these charges needfear that if will affect them. o,r that Itmeans any persecution on the part ofthe government."From present advices from the department of justice, I will have entirecharge of the land cases. At lenst theintimation Is made that, unless I shouldfl„a that the work wtil be such that Ineed assistance, no one will be sent| here from the outside to aid me in these! prosecutions. The cases will be called !j „t the term beginning at Moscow on the !third Monday In October, but whether |the triais will he had at that time or !1 not. It 1« impossible to say so far in !it is Impossible to say so far inadvance."I Tilley from Mr. Beatty, and requestingthem to be at Caldwell on the date decided upon for starting to Portland.The decision to send a state band to theexposition on Idaho day has createdconsiderable Interest, and the move Isa commendable one in that it will nodoubt prove a splendid advertisementfor Idaho.LARGE AREA BURNED.State Officers Raport 2500 AcraaFin* Timb*r Ruinad.of||!Moscow, Aug. 2.—The Journal soys:Commissioner Munaon returned fromthe fire district on the Clearwater thismorning. In conversation with him welearn the exact extent and damages ofthe fire as far as can be ascertained."The state land suffered little or nodamage." said Mr. Munson, "and as Iam not thoroughly acquainted with theindividual holdings, am unable to statethe exact damage done by the fire.However, the estimate la placed atabout 2500 acres of valuable timber destroyed."The men worked hard and faithfullyand are deserving of much credit. Thecondition of the soil made it much easier for fire fighting than hitherto expected, being soft and yielding easily tothe shovel."Several men are still in the fire district with authority to arrest any persons leaving lighted fires. The feelingIn that district is very bitter againstthe men whose careless actions havecaused such damaging results in forestfires during the past few years."The threat ofttlmes repeated, andwhich I think, should opportunity permit, will be carried out to the letter,In to the effect that persons wilfullysetting fire to timber will In the futurebe dealt with according to legal Ideasof the inhabitants, which means lynching,"READY FOR PEACE CONFERENCEPlenipotentiaries Will Make FormalCall at Oyster Bay Today.New York, Aug. 4.—All arrangementsare practically complete for conveyingthe pence envoys of Russia and Japanfrom New York to Oyster Bay, wherethey will he received hy the president,nnd from there to Portsmouth. N. H.The Russian plenipotentiaries andtheir suite will embark on the cruiserChnttannogn at the foot of Twentythrd street at 9 o'eloek tomorrow morning. The Japanese plenipotentiarieswill embark an hour later at the samepoint on the cruiser Taeomn. The vessels will arrive nt Oyster Bay withinI half an hour of one another.After the luncheon to he given' hy »tiepresident on the Mayflower Is over and: the president has departed the Japanese party will embark on the Boiphin.I the Russian plenipotentiaries and theirsuite remaining on the Mayflower, andI (lie two vessels will proceed to Portsmouth. convoyed hy the cruiser Galveston. A slow run north will hemade, so that Portsmouth will hereached Monday morning. The envoyswill he received by the Admiral commanding the Portsmouth navy yard.WATER TOO LOW.Mountain Gtm Returns from Trip toCorral Creek After ReachingMouth of Grande Rondo. i---- jThe steamer Mountain Gem returned 1yesterday afternoon from a trip to themouth of the Grand Ronde. The boatleft Tuesday, with the Intention of going up as far ns Corral creek to bringdown a load of marble from the quarry to lie used in the construction ofthe new Normal School building. Itwas found that the river was so lowthat to continue the trip up streamwould be assuming too much risk. Themouth of the Grand Ronde was reachedwith much difficulty, it requiring 14hours to traverse the distance fromLewiston. Five rapids had to be linedover and the progress was necessarilyvery slow. It Is claimed thnt the waterIs now lower than ever known at thisseason und should It reach n much lower stag- It Is feared navigation will beseriously interfered with. The trip tothe Grand Ronde wns made for thepurpose of bringing down a shipmentof sheep for H. C. DeBeanmont. Itwas Intended to bring down 1.000 head,hut owing to a bear getting into thecorral the night before and scatteringthe flock, only 800 were put aboard.They are rputton sheep and will beshipped to the British Columbia market*.Engineer Schubert, v.ho will havecharge of the government work on theupper river, arrived In the city yester! da >' and ,f I" * al d if arrangements can! **" made h av e him accompany the| Mountain Gem and do some blasting! ahe! * d of ,hp boot - nn " n ° rt wlH! mad< * *° reach Corral creek and bringdown a load of granite next week. Ifthis cannot be done. It Is understood,the trip will be abandoned untilhigher stage of mater.The large fire bell recently contracted for by the city council from theCincinnati Bell Foundry Co., providedit proved satisfactory, mas shippedhack yesterday and the new one Justordered is expected to reach here mithin the next 10 day* or two weeks.TEST OF FELLOW SERVANT LAW'Contractor Not Liable fir NagllfPR*^of Follow Servant.Moscow. Idaho, All*. 2.—'ThS SUpreme court has handed down an Important decision in the case «C Owl'.Larson against F. X Le Doux, In w »t 'the verdict of the lower court of $899in favor of Larson is set aside end t#-Doux is held not Itehte. 'The decision involves asms Inport- ■ant points of the felleH servant lew,Mr. LeDoux, a Lewiston oo utf stor .had the contract for budding tbo EMtemple in this city. Mr. Burko was tBoforeman at the work, and Instructed'Mr. Knowles how to sroet s sesffOM'for the use of the bricklayers and after -the scafTold had been partly comp l etedCarl Larson, the plalnttd, was called 'to assist In finishing It. Aftdr the scaffold had been finishedKnowles commenced to wheel 1mortar onto It for the use of the lmasons. Within an how the scaffoldbroke and Larson and Knowles MTadistance of 17 feet. tarpon tad A tan* -in hls foot broken and sued for 81999 . .The Jpry awarded him 1*19, but thesupreme court holds that LsDouX Is notliable at all.The court finds: "The questionarises under those facts whether It whsthe duty of LeDoux to construct ttascaffold or was hls duty ended In that*regard when he furnlahed sufficientmaterial therefor. We think hie dutyended when he furnished sufficient and'suitable material."In overruling the motion fW a refhearing the court holds that were ttacontractors held liable In such casesns this they would he compelled to dthnil their own work.Judge 8. 8. Denning and M. A. Griffith represented LeDoux.PAID $10000.A. Coppinger Buy* Mein StreetProperty fer Which Ha Pay*Above Sim.8. A, Coppinger on Wednesday closed'a deal with James Hays, Anne M. ,Hays and Mary TTnyi for the groundand buildings of the Mint saloon and"linrlier shop nnd the Women's ffkrhnnge restaurant The property toea frontage of 42 feet wMh a depth Of153 feet and the price peld was 810.Orto, Mr, -Coppinger my* ho will, engage In hls former business again bjrthe first of the month and will occupyone of the rooms n« the site of hlspurchase. He also stilted that this weethe only favorably located piece ofMain street property thnt he could findfor sale and Is well satisfied with thedeni. He has conducted a successfulbusiness in Lewiston for several yearspast and was one of the victims of therecent fire in which he lost his entirestock of goods, and carried no Insurance. -OUT OF COMMISSION MONDAY8t**m*r Spokane Will Bo Laid Up onMonday fo|- Repair*.----—It Is understood that orders havebeen issued that tit* "tenmer Spokane,after making hyr trip to Rlparia Monday will he placed on the ways therefor repairs. What the nature of the repairs to lie made are. Is not yet knowntmt It is presumed that they are quiteextensive mu! some time will elapsebefore the bom will lie ready for service again. This Will place the rivertransportation on :t. three-times-aweek service, as mi-*--, the case duringtlie time the steamer Lewiston was undergoing repairs.The extremely lov eater now necessitates two line-tip-- between here andKlpnrla. hut it is thought that with theasslntanee of the government dredgebout Wallowa river transportationmay be maintained, even though a considerable further fall in the water occurs. The dredge Is now corking onthe ohnnncl below Lewiston and withthe large new 11-foot rake which wasinstalled recently, it Is thought muchmore effective work can be accomplished.H. A. Bartsch Dead.II. A. Bnrt"ch, of Nashville, Iowa,died nt the home of W. H. Skinner, ofthis city, yesterday morning shortlyafter midnight. Mr. Bartsch was aprominent business man of hls hometown and came here about * week agoaccompanied by hls father-in-law, H.R. Laird. The deceased was sufferingfrom diabetes and the trip to Lewistonwas made In the hope that a change ofclimate might better his rapidly fallingcondition. The Fife of the deceased isa cousin of Mr*. Skinner nnd Mrs.I -wird of this city nnd he was visiting attheir homes while he*-<*. Mr. Bartschwas about 40 years old. A wife and aboy about 10 yeftrs of age survive him.The remains were shipped yesterday toNashna. Iowa, for Interment. Thebody was accompanied on Its journeyby H. B. Laird, father-in-law of thedeceased.